Sima Ghaddar
Degrees
- Master of Arts in Sociology, UCLA, 2020
- Master of Science in Political Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2015
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Minor in Philosophy, the American Univeristy of Beirut (AUB), 2013
Fields of Study
Political Sociology, Social Movements and State Building, Middle East Politics, Qualitative Methods, Ethnography
Publications
Book Chapters:
- Cambanis, Thanassis, Dina Esfandiary, Sima Ghaddar, Walid Hanna, Aron Lund, and Renad Mansour. 2020. Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East. The Century Foundation Press.
- Ghaddar, Sima. 2017. “Second Class Citizenship: Lebanese women fight to pass nationality to women and children.” in Arab Politics Beyond the Uprising: Experiments in an era of resurgent authoritarianism, edited T. Cambanis and W. Hanna. The Century Foundation Press.
Policy Research Reports:
- Ghaddar, Sima. 2018. “Challenging the Status Quo in Lebanon’s Upcoming Elections,” The Century Foundation. https://tcf.org/content/report/challenging-status-quo-lebanons-upcoming-…
- Ghaddar, Sima, and Lily Hindy. 2017. “A Nation in Pieces: Views from Syrians in Exile.” https://tcf.org/content/report/nation-pieces-views-syrians-exile/
- Ghaddar, Sima. 2016. “Machine Politics in Lebanon’s Alleyways,” The Century Foundation. https://tcf.org/content/report/machine-politics-lebanons-alleyways/
Awards & Grants
- 2018 – 2023 Kerr Foundation Fellowship, Center for Near Eatern Studies (CNES), UCLA
- 2018 – Dean Scholar Award, UCLA
- 2020 – Graduate Student Research Mentorship Fellowship (GSRM), UCLA Graduate Division
- 2021 – Graduate Student Research Mentorship Fellowship (GSRM), UCLA Graduate Division
- 2021-2022 Irving and Jean Stone Fund for International and Undocumented Graduate Students, UCLA Center for the Study of Women
- 2021-2022 Mosafer Centennial Fund for Near Eastern Scholars Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES), UCLA
Conference Presentations
- 2019 – “Ethnic Politics and Political Party Competition in 1960s Lebanon: State Building During the Chehabist Era,” Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
